WORLD HISTORY: Chapter 19- Decolonization & the Cold War

#3 - With the collapse of what superpower did the Cold War end?

• Soviet Union
• United States
• China
• Germany

#4 - The Cold War began

• after the Soviets closed all highway and railroad links to the city of Berlin.
• after the end of World War II.
• when the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan.
• shortly after the communist revolution in Russia

#5 - The Cold War was "cold" because the two superpowers never directly attacked each other in open warfare.

• TRUE
• FALSE

During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?

• Berlin Airlift
• World War II
• British Air Raid
• Soviet Food Drive

In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?

• The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
• The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.
• The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.
• The US and its allies fought to defend the North.

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

I was born in 1894.
I was the leader of the USSR.
I wanted to put nuclear missiles on Cuba. I served as leader until 1964.
Who am I?

• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph McCarthy
• Benito Mussolini
• Nikita Khrushchev

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Sputnik
• Apollo 11
• Apollo 13

During the 1960s and 1970s the US fought an unsuccessful war in Asia to prevent communism from spreading to...

• South Korea
• South Vietnam
• China
• Japan

What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?

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• The divide between democracy and communism

• The border between North and South Korea

• The Ho Chi Minh Trail